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Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 39: In page 7, line 26, after “gratuities” to insert “and mandatory service charges”.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 42: In page 7, line 30, to delete “class C” and substitute “class A”. I think this is the only point where the Minister of State and I are going to disagree. I disagree fundamentally because I am genuinely puzzled as to why it is only a class C fine, as in a fine of €2,500, that can be applied. Let us be honest here that...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I appreciate what the Minister of State has said. I will be pressing the amendment but I hear what he is saying. I ask that he give that commitment to review the fines within the next 12 months or something like that so we can get something concrete out of this. The very fact we have seen €9 million stolen in the last three years shows - and in fairness the Minister of State has...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 43: In page 7, line 35, to delete “or” and substitute “and”.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 45: In page 7, line 35, after “gratuities” to insert “and mandatory service charges”.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 48: In page 8, to delete lines 1 to 3.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I will begin by highlighting that as we end the month of June, a month of summertime, we have a new record number of patients on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick. The new record is 1,829. If we are creating new records of patients on trolleys in June, God help us when it comes to September, October and the onset of winter. I do not doubt that the Leader has requested a debate on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 62: In page 8, line 32, to delete "class C" and substitute "class A".

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 74: In page 9, line 22, to delete "class C" and substitute "class A".

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: This is my first contribution. I welcome the Minister the State and I hope he had his Weetabix this morning. I want to talk about people at work because this summer, in particular, let us be frank, large parts of our tourism industry are being propped up by 16- and 17-year-olds working across hotels, restaurants and fast food establishments. They go to work, work 40 hours - my son is one...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: At the start of every Seanad, everyone comes in and says they will reform the Seanad. The Government parties then make sure that absolutely nothing happens for the next five years. That is the reality of it. We will make a slight exception in fairness to the Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I am happy to clarify. In fairness to the Cathaoirleach, he has done his best within the limits that are available.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Gavan: I want to accept that. Let me be very clear without being distracted. Everyone in this Chamber knows that for decades - we have piles of reports on Seanad reform - any Government that comes in makes sure that fundamental Seanad reform does not happen. We know that. My point is that I am a little concerned that we will all say the right things today but there will be a blockage at some...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Gavan: I extend a warm welcome to Ms Cara Hunter MLA and Dr. James Wilson. It is great to see them here today. There is a strike happening today on behalf of the Irish Wheelchair Association in 50 centres throughout the State. The workers are personal assistants who carry out very important work in terms of personal care, hygiene and the social outlets they create for their clients. As one...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Gavan: No.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Gavan: I want to raise the issue of bus transport with specific reference to Limerick, but there is a wider debate to be had. Last week, with only a week's notice, a private company, Dublin Coach, announced it would suspend its 307-308 bus service, which goes from Limerick city centre to the University of Limerick and on to Annacotty. To explain, Castletroy, which this bus service serves, is one...